Date:         Thu, 14 Mar 2002 17:29:38 -0500
From:         Susan Davis <unlsdb@ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU>
Subject:      AOL/Time Warner

I don't want to get into a discussion of vendors, but does Jim's last
remark mean that AOL/Time Warner is the new Neodata?!  Oh joy! NOT:-(

Susan
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Susan Davis                       Chair, Serials Section (ALCTS)
Head, Periodicals                    2001/02
Acquisitions Dept.
University at Buffalo (SUNY)
Lockwood Library Bldg.
Buffalo, NY  14260-2200
(716) 645-2784
(716) 645-5955 fax
unlsdb@acsu.buffalo.edu

On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Jim Flury wrote:

> Date:         Thu, 14 Mar 2002 10:06:31 -0500
> From:         Jim Flury <jflury@TLN.LIB.MI.US>
> Subject:      Faxon
>
> Hello,
>
> I am the Head of Acquisitions at a public library cooperative in
> suburban Detroit. We order, invoice, claim etc magazines for fifty or so
> of our libraries through Faxon, as we have for many, many years. While
> the renewal process is problematic every year, this cycle seems to be
> worse than any other in recent memory. Reasons probably include, but
> perhaps are not limited to, consolidation of Faxon's (Turner's) Illinois
> office to Massachusetts, as well as problems with AOL/Time Warner
> publications. I do not intend to engage in any "vendor bashing" by
> posting this, but I'd like to know if anybody else out there has
> experienced similar problems this year.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Jim Flury
> Head of Acquisitions Services
> The Library Network
> 13331 Reeck Road
> Southgate, MI 48195
>
> tel;fax: (734) 281-1817
> tel;work: (734) 281-3830 ext 133
> email: jflury@tln.lib.mi.us